Footstool



Get. 26, 1937. H. J. MCKANE n 2,097,087

FooT'sTooL Filed April 25, 1936 INVENTOR /ATTORNE'YJ Patented Oct. 26, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FOOTSTOOL Application April 25, 1936, Serial No. 76,300

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a foot stool which can be easily adjusted horizontally without the same slipping or sliding on the floor. The parts are so disposed that the foot stool will remain normally in an upright position but can be turned by the feet of the user so that they will rest comfortably upon the stool, regardless of the height of the chair in which the user sits and regardless of the variation in lengths of the legs of different users.

In carrying out the invention end pieces or rockers and a top are pro-vided. The top is divided into sections that have upper ilat surfaces disposed in planes at angles to each other and the end members or rockers are provided with antislip strips or devices to keep the same from accidentally sliding or slipping along the floor when 1n use.

The invention will be understood from the description in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. l is a plan view of the device, Fig. 2 is a side view and Fig. 3 is an end view of the same.

In the drawing, reference characters I and 2 indicate the end members or rockers, to the upper edges of which a top is attached in any co-nvenient way, such as by means of screws, rivets, glue or the like. The top is attached to the end pieces in such a way that the top comprises a plurality of sections whose upper surfaces lie in planes at angles to each other. It is preferable to have the top in three sections for this purpose, as indicated by the reference characters 3,'3 and 3", although a different number of sections may be used. These sections may form a portion of an Octagon, if desired. The end members I and 2 are preferably made of thicker material than the top pieces, and handles may be attached thereto, if desired, or hand holes may be cut in them, as indicated at 2. A shelf S may be placed below the top and attached to the end members without interfering with the operation of the device.

A transverse strengthening member or brace 4 is provided between the ends of rockers I and 2 and is rigidly connected to them, as, for example, by having the reduced ends thereof tightly tting into holes 5 provided in these rockers with shoulders 5 on the member 4 resting against the inside surface of the rockers I and 2. The lower curved edges 6 of the rockers I and 2 have strips 1 of anti-friction material applied thereto. This anti-friction material may, for example, be made of rubber and it is provided with transverse corrugations 8.

The top of the stool is also preferably provided with a pad or cushion 9, of felt or other soft ma,- teriaL'which is attached to the top in any convenient way, as by means of tacks along the edges thereof. This pad or cushion may be of uniform thickness or may be sov shaped that the top is rounded olf.

The stool may be made of different sorts of material, although wood is preferred, and the surfaces may be ornamented or decorated in any appropriate way. The parts are disposed in such a way that there is a tendency for the stool to assume an upright position with the section 3 of the top horizontal.

For this purpose, the curvature of the lower edges 6 of the end members I and 2 is made on the arcs of circles, whose centers lie above a horizontal plane passing through the center of gravity of the device when it is lying upon the floor. The curves at the lower edges of the end members f I and 2 may be also slightly flattened at the ends thereof, to decrease the danger of the stool being accidentally turned over. y

In using the device the u-ser may place the soles of his feet on any one of the sections and may exert considerable pressure upon the foot stool without danger of the same slippingon a rug, licor or linoleum, even when pressure is exerted at a considerable angle from the vertical. When the sole of one foot is placed upon the section 3 or 3, the back of the heel of the other foot can rest on the other one of these sections 3' or 3 in a very comfortable position, without the stool rocking or moving in an objectionable manner. The corrugations 'I aid not only in preventing the stool from slipping, but also aid in holdin-g it in adjusted positions while in use.

I claim:

1. A rockable foot stool, comprising a top and end members attached to said top, said top having a central portion that is normally substantially horizontal and edge portions that lie in downwardly inclined planes, said end members being substantially as wide as said top with their side edges substantially parallel and having their lower edges rounded to form rockers.

2. A rockable foot stool, comprising a top and end members attached to said top, said top having a central portion that is normally substantially horizontal and edge portions that lie in downwardly inclined planes, said end members being substantially as wide as said top with their side edges substantially parallel and having their lower edges rounded to form rockers, and a shelf between said end members.

3. A rockable foot stool, comprising a top and end members attached to said top, said top having a central portionthat is normally substantially horizontal and edge portions that lie in downwardly inclined planes, said end members being substantially as wide as said top with their side edges substantially parallel and having their lower edges rounded to form rockers, and anti-slip material along said lower rounded' edges.

HUGH J. MCKANE. 

